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Welcome to Broad Ford ...

Broad Ford is located in Grayson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Broad Ford: Broad Frd.

Broad Ford is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Broad Ford lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Broad Ford (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Broad Ford: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Broad Ford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Broad Ford - it's located in Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Broad Ford.

Communities near Broad Ford ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Broad Ford.

  • Leitchfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cave City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Horse Cave
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Munfordville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarkson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Upton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Park City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sonora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonnieville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Broad Ford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Broad Ford.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Broad Ford. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Broad Ford.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Broad Ford. See our Newspapers Page for Broad Ford.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Broad Ford ...

Looking for more information about Broad Ford? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Broad Ford, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Broad Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Broad Ford - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Broad Ford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Broad Ford area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.